It was early winter, and the sunset came early, faint as ink.

Calm has returned to Ganghwa Island, and only the Goryeo palace is still shrouded in a thick layer of gunsmoke.

However, on the sea, not far from the palace, there was the roar of cannons and the smoke of gunpowder.

The Pacific Fleet convoy has been circling with the DPRK Navy Division Li Fangbu for more than an hour, and the sea surface is as fierce as boiling water, and columns of water are rising into the sky. Everywhere there were wrecks of warships, smoke and smoke billowing like torches, and the smoke of gunpowder covered the sky and the sea.

The two sides had already fallen into a melee, attacking each other on the sea at a distance of about two or three hundred meters, and suddenly artillery shells flew and the sea water boiled. Since most of the North Korean sailors were saya-ship, they fired arrows and stones, which did little damage to the frigates of the Pacific Fleet. Li Fang ordered the Itaya boat to be used as bait to attract firepower and act as cannon fodder. However, to his surprise, when the Itaya Ship Navy approached the other side with huge losses, because the protection of the Itaya Ship was too fragile, such a close battle was smashed by the opponent's cannonballs before they could jump to the gang.

When the Itaya ship approached the frigate of the Pacific Fleet, it was like a soldier who wanted to attack the city with his bare hands, and no matter how big the price he paid in the face of the fortified city, it could only end up in a river of blood.

Soon, hundreds of itachi ships that served as cannon fodder were destroyed and sunk by the fourth, fifth, and sixth warbands of the Pacific Fleet, and the original numerical advantage was quickly reversed.

At 6:15, Li Fang's original more than 270 board house ships were all disabled, most of them were destroyed and sunk, and more than a dozen of them took the initiative to escape. In addition to the Usutar frigate stranded in the shallow waters of Ganghwa Island, three frigates were attacked by turtle ships by suicide attacks, and their hulls were severely damaged and they also lost their combat effectiveness, and they were all stranded nearby, waiting for post-war repairs.

At this time, Li Fang only had twenty-three turtle ships left and still insisted on fighting, using good mobility to avoid the artillery attack of the escort fleet, but it was impossible to get close. Because the other party had already gotten out of the melee, relying on the superior artillery, he quickly broke away and did not give Li Fang a chance to get close.

The frigates of the Pacific Fleet are two or three times larger than the warships of the North Korean naval division, especially the sails tens of meters high, which can be seen from a distance. Every time the battleship finished firing, it would be shrouded in thick gunsmoke, as if it was moving in the clouds, and it would flicker like a group of ghosts.

Although the turtle ships dodged left and right, making it difficult for the shells of the convoy to hit them. However, now the North Korean warships no longer have a numerical advantage, let alone cannon fodder to defend them. The three convoys were divided into six squads and divided and surrounded Li Fang's turtle fleet.

Since the convoy always kept a distance of 500 meters from Li Fang's turtle boats, the turtle ships could not get close, and each turtle ship had to be surrounded by five or six frigates. Later, the sails and oars of the turtle boat were gradually damaged and discounted, so that the turtle boat gradually lost its ability to maneuver.

At the same time, because Liu Jian and others saw through the weakness of the turtle boat's low ammunition load, they deliberately consumed a large amount of ammunition from the turtle boat at a long distance, so that the turtle boat's ammunition was quickly exhausted, and only a few turtle boats were left with artillery to fire, and most of the turtle boats could only wait to be beaten.

Rao was like this, and the convoy did not dare to move forward, and it was already firing at a distance of five or six hundred meters. Although the hit rate of the cannon at this distance is very low, after the cannon is discharged, when it hits the turtle ship, the kinetic energy has already been consumed. But because Li Fang's subordinates had been using turtle ships as a means of suicide attacks, this turtle ship spelled out a frigate. This is a loss-making deal for the Pacific Fleet, so Liu Jian ordered to fight steadily and slowly grind them to death.

Li Fang had six turtle ships in his own formation, and the high commander banner led all the turtle ships to resist. However, the Pacific Fleet has always liked to hit flagships and lead ships. Therefore, Li Fang's six turtle boats became the focus of group beatings.

Knock knock!

Two squads of the Fourth Sentai surrounded the six turtle ships from the left and right directions, and hundreds of naval guns opened fire at the same time. The cannonballs roared into Li Fang's turtle boat squadron, and the extremely hot cannonballs suddenly stirred up smoke and rain in the sky. A dozen shells easily broke through the shell of one of the turtle boats, and immediately ignited the gunpowder piled up under the turtle shell.

With a loud bang, the turtle boat exploded, and a dazzling flame erupted from the gap above the turtle's shell, and immediately turned into a huge mushroom cloud that soared into the sky, gradually merging into the gray and black clouds.

On Li Fang's flagship, the adjutant general Li Bing's face was gray and black, and his hat was gone. The wolf bèi all over the body is unbearable. And Li Fang next to him is also not much better, the flagship that was taken care of by the escort fleet has been beaten with holes at this time, there are more than a dozen holes in the turtle shell, and there are only a few hanging claws left in the turtle claws.

"General!" Li Bing said: "We are defeated".

Li Fang nodded and said, "Yes!" We are defeated! We can't rush over and die with them, we can only wait for them to sink us slowly! ”

Then he looked at Li Bing and sighed, "What? You're scared! ”

Li Bing shook his head and said, "I was scared when the net started!" Now that I know I'm going to die, I'm not scared, do you think it's strange? ”

Li Fang sighed: "It's me who has tired you!" Now you can give the order, and the rest of the soldiers can surrender! ”

Li Bing shook his head and said, "As long as the general is still there, they will not surrender!" ”

Li Fang understood, and looked at the high warship opposite, the sharp light flickered, and another round of shells came.

"General be careful!" Bi Nu grabbed Li Fang with a sharp point. Unexpectedly, he was thrown away by Li Fang, "I really hope that they will beat me to death as soon as possible." Sink this ship and save the living! ”

The cannonballs whizzed by, as if they were rubbing against their ears, and the strong wind scratched their faces with burning pain.

With a loud bang, a cannonball hit the turtle shell beside Li Fang, because the angle was almost horizontal, the cannonball failed to shoot into the turtle shell, and grazed the iron sheet outside, and suddenly a dazzling spark was sparked.

Li Fang's heart was already dead, and he only wanted to end his own life as much as possible. He knew that if he didn't die, then his men would not stop fighting, and the end would be annihilation.

For the sake of a breath, Li Fang confronted the powerful Da Ming. As a result, the North Korean naval army was completely destroyed. At this time, he had already regretted it, and hoped that he could leave a little incense for the North Korean sailors so that they would not become extinct.

"The other ships don't move, let's rush over!"

Li Fang finally couldn't stand it anymore and decided to commit suicide. However, even if he died, he would die vigorously, so he chose to die under the fire of the opposing naval warship instead of committing suicide by swinging his sword.

Li Bing did not object, so he ordered the turtle boat to rush to the two frigates of the Fourth Squadron on the left.

On the left is the flagship of the fourth team, and Liu Jian and Wen Sanjiu are watching the battle on it.

"It's really evil!" Liu Jian said: "Is it possible that Li Fang's ship has a protective cover, and it has not sunk after more than a dozen shells?" ”

"Is he an old tortoise? The tortoise shell is naturally a little harder! Wen Sanjiu smiled, but said calmly in an instant: "This Li Fang has gone through this battle, regardless of merit or demerit, he is a hero of North Korea!" ”

"Yes!" Liu Jian nodded and said, "If this guy doesn't die, then North Korea will be his in the future." I have to admire, this guy is very good at speculation, it's a pity not to be a politician! ”

"Report, Li Fang led the ship to rush towards us alone!"

"What?" Liu Jian and Wen Sanjiu hurriedly looked out of the starboard side, and sure enough, they saw Li Fang's ship staggering towards them. Beneath the turtle with its head off from the bow, a cannon was firing in this direction.

"The net said he was fat, and he gasped!" Liu Jian waved his hand and said, "Everyone can't wait, send him down!" ”

Wen Sanjiu added: "Let him hang a little stronger, use the flowering bomb, and deter them." Let the remaining North Korean sailors not dare to be our enemies again! ”

"Yes!" The command flag waved, and the two frigates of the Fourth Squadron quickly loaded the shells, and the starboard guns were all aimed at Li Fang's ship, sending him down.

Soon, when Li Fang's ship was close to about two hundred and fifty meters, the two frigates of the Fourth Squadron opened fire. At this distance, for the well-trained gunners of the Pacific Fleet. The hit rate is still very high.

Knock knock!

Twenty Ares guns opened fire one after another, and one after another burst of cannonballs cut through the barrels, broke through the smoke from the muzzles, and roared towards Li Fangzao's ship.

In a flash. Shells fell one after another on the front and back of the enemy ships. The shell that entered the water suddenly became a near-miss and did not explode. And the shells that fell on Li Fangzuo's ship suddenly exploded.

Boom, Boom, Boom!

Five shells hit at the same time, and the violent explosion instantly shattered the entire turtle ship, and the huge turtle shell could no longer withstand the tearing force of the explosion, and flew into the air in pieces, splashing into the surrounding sea. Li Fang and Li Bing on the turtle boat, along with the only remaining 17 North Korean naval officers, were killed in an instant, and their bodies were swept into the air by a huge wave of air, and their stumps and broken arms were thrown into the sea.

A fiery red mushroom cloud rose into the sky, illuminating the sea and sky in the twilight sky, and also stunned all the remnants of the Korean naval army in the resistance.

The commander's flagship was sunk, and Li Fang hung up gorgeously, which dealt a heavy blow to the last trace of the North Korean naval army's will to resist.

As the smoke rushed into the sky, the seven remaining tattered turtle boats hung out white flags one after another, and the tortoise shells full of holes were full of soldiers kneeling with white cloth and begging to surrender.

"Compared to the Koukou Naval Army, the turtle boat of the North Korean Navy Division really made us suffer a little loss!"

The three ships of the convoy were damaged and withdrew from the battle sequence, and the rest of the ships were more or less left with bullet marks, arrows, and stones. The Sixth Squadron, in particular, was surrounded by hundreds of warships, and the rest of the ships left a lot of scars, and several warships even had more than half of their sails burned, shaking in the north wind like beggars.

"Count the wounded and the losses!" Liu Jian breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Let's go back and deal with it!" ”

Wen Sanjiu nodded and said, "It seems that these sticks need to be trained well in the future, looking at their ruthlessness, it is a good choice to be cannon fodder for us!" ”

Liu Jian nodded and said with a smile: "That's what I said, what is the colony for?" In addition to producing wealth for us, we also have to produce cannon fodder! ”

The staff officers and sailors of the nearby bridge burst into laughter, and the tension after the fierce battle just now was diluted a lot.

When the Korean king Li Brown and the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty heard this, they all shook their heads helplessly. Due to the relationship between the Liaodong Governor's Office, the Korean king Li Brown only gave Li Fang and 30,000 fallen naval soldiers a generous burial, and did not dare to compensate.

Originally, Li Brown thought that Li Fang would be able to compete with the Liaodong Army and get back some bargaining chips for himself, but after seeing that the entire naval army was annihilated, he could no longer raise the will to resist, and obediently took the official ship prepared for him by Liu Hu and went to Beijing to apologize.

The annihilation of the North Korean naval division, the naval background accumulated from the Battle of the Royang Naval Battle, and the elimination of the experienced naval officers and soldiers at the snap of a finger, dealt a huge blow to the North Korean military.

With the Liaodong Army taking over the entire territory of Korea, the various soaring ... The Korean Cabinet was renamed the Korean Governor's Office, and the Korean Governor's Office was under the command of the Liaodong Governor's Office, and all personnel appointments and dismissals were reported to the Liaodong Governor's Office for adjudication. North Korea is allowed to retain only the necessary police to maintain law and order in the city, and it is not allowed to have an army. However, Korean subjects were obliged to serve in the military, and the Liaodong Governorate had the right to conscript Korean subjects to form a servant army to fight with the Liaodong Army.

In this way, the tens of thousands of existing troops in Korea were unified and reorganized into the servant army of the Liaodong Governor's Office, named the Korean Legion, and the Liaodong Governor's Office appointed instructors and supervisors to conduct training. The Liaodong Governor's Office took control of Korea, abolished the contract with Houjin, closed the treaty ports of Zhongjiang and Huining, and strictly forbade the supply of any materials to Houjin.

At the same time, the Liaodong Army concentrated its troops on the banks of the Yalu River, and camped in Yiju, Bihuang, Manfu and Vladivostok to build a river defense line. At the same time, the original 20 Guangchuan-type frigates were converted into the river defense fleet to defend against the Houjin military invasion along the Yalu River.

In this way, the Liaodong Governor's Office re-bordered the Houjin Territory, and the war that had been quiet for two years was rekindled. Houjin was completely surrounded at this moment, and there was a shortage of living materials, military supplies, and agricultural materials, which was undoubtedly a fatal blow to Huang Taiji, who had just been excited.

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Huang Taiji personally led the army west to Mongolia, but just after crossing the Sancha River, he received an urgent report, learning that North Korea was treacherous and fell to the Ming Dynasty, and now the Liaodong Governor's Office has taken over the defense of North Korea, and the army is hoarding the east bank of the Yalu River, threatening the security of Shenyang.

Huang Taiji was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly stopped his march and returned to Shen Sui.

Shenyang Imperial Palace, after Huang Taiji saw the detailed letter. His face was full of iron blue.

"What do you think?

In the main hall, the falling needles could be heard, and everyone bowed their heads and remained silent.

I just pacified North Korea, thinking that the blockade of the Liaodong Governor's Office was broken, but I never thought that North Korea would be taken away by others before my ass was hot.

It's a conspiracy!

Huang Taiji obviously understood Deng Haonan's intentions, why the Liaodong Governor's Mansion had been standing still at the beginning, and watched North Korea want Houjin to surrender. Now Huang Taiji understands that Deng Haonan has long peeped into North Korea, but it is a pity that North Korea is a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, and Deng Haonan is unknown and has no chance.

Now, Huang Taiji's eastward expedition to Korea has just achieved Di Haonan's goal of plotting against North Korea. North Korea was occupied by Deng Haonan, which was far greater than the previous threat to Houjin.

In the past, North Korea only secretly supported Mao Wenlong and provided Mao Wenlong with food and salary to contain Houjin, but now Deng Haonan occupies North Korea and can directly attack the hinterland of Houjin from the Yalu River. In this way, what kind of military action Jin wants to take in the future, he must first say hello to Deng Haonan, otherwise he will not think about going east and west at all.

After a long time, Fan Wencheng finally spoke.

"Enlighten the Great Khan!" Fan Wencheng said: "According to the report of Tanma, the Liaodong Army has taken control of North Korea, the east bank of the Yalu River, hoarding tens of thousands of troops, and hundreds of miles of my Dajin hinterland are under the iron hooves of the Liaodong Army. It seems that a big battle with the Liaodong Army is inevitable! ”

Huang Taiji frowned, sighed and said, "Ben Khan also knows!" If you want to fight the Liaodong Army, you need to mobilize all your military forces, but now that we are being attacked on all sides, how can we get out of it to prevent Mao Wenlong, Yuan Chonghuan and Mongolia."

"Afraid of what?" Amin spoke: "Back then, Shu Khan's thirteen deputy soldiers started out, and they were still invincible in the grassland. Now we have more than 100,000 troops, but we are timid! ”

Although Amin's words were not listened to, Huang Taiji was so angry in his heart, but the other Baylor banner masters were eager to try.

Dai Shan said: "In the past, we couldn't attack Deng Haonan through Mao Wenlong, so forget it!" Now that Di Haonan's army has appeared in North Korea, then we might as well go east to Korea again, take advantage of Deng Haonan's unstable foothold, drive them away in one fell swoop, and then we directly settle in North Korea? ”

Huang Taiji sighed and said, "How can it be so easy!" You underestimate Di Haonan's strength too much! Don't forget the fact that Jì Ningyuan and Jinzhou were defeated, this is the teaching of our blood. ”

At this point, everyone suddenly looked embarrassed. Recalling those two wars, Houjin lost tens of thousands of horses and horses, and his muscles and bones were broken. Nurhachi drank and hated the city of Jinzhou, Dai Shan was captured, and these things were mentioned by Huang Taiji, and they were immediately vivid.

At this time, Dol Yu said: "You don't know, according to the report, Deng Haonan has occupied the entire East China Sea and the Far East coast, and has built a sea cucumber fortress under our noses

Where is the sea cusplor?

Everyone looked at Dol in confusion.

"Vladivostok is between the Haixi Jurchen and the Jianzhou Jurchen, on the verge of the Whale Sea!"

"Didn't you go to our hometown?"

Everyone was excited, but in Huang Taiji's eyes, they were more nervous.

Huang Taiji said: "That's right! Di Haonan, this damn guy has indeed built a small fortress to the east of our holy land! Ben Khan had also just learned that there was no one there for a hundred miles, and that the fortress was built on the east side of the bay, and if it weren't for one of our meticulous expeditions to the sea to investigate the situation in Korea and find that there were ships coming in and out, we would not have known at all. ”

Dai Shan sighed: "Since my father Khan moved the capital to Shenyang. It has been canonized as a holy place, and few clansmen have gone over, but I didn't expect that Hao Nan to be so cunning